The 2026 US midterms are on track to be the most expensive in the country’s history. Spending on political advertising alone is projected to reach $11. 6bn, more than in any previous election cycle, i...
10.27.2026 Aljazeera.com and 12 sites
Washington, Oct 30 (IANS) Elon Musk has given $446 million to influence the 2026 US midterm elections, the most by any donor in modern American history, as the 50 biggest contributors pour about $2. 8...
10.30.2026 Thehawk.in and 8 sites
In courts across the country, publishers and creators are suing large AI companies for training generative AI models on copyrighted works. It’s easy to see these cases as a David-and-Goliath showdown ...
10.30.2026 Eff.org and 1 sites
Washington, D. C. – In a significant development for American politics, Elon Musk has reportedly contributed an unprecedented $446 million towards influencing the 2026 US midterm elections. This figur...
10.30.2026 Lokmattimes.com
Study: America’s Measles Problem Is Domestic, Not RFK Jr. ’s Dirty Foreigners from the wrong-again-dingus dept To state that RFK Jr. says things that are just plainly wrong is to state the obvious. His waffling claims about the dangers of vaccines are wrong. His various other pet conspiracy theories , such as chemtrails and damage to humans from EMF, are also wrong. The data HHS is putting out under his leadership about how many measles deaths have occurred this year is also wrong. Hell, at a re...
10.30.2026 Techdirt.com and 1 sites
Tech, Telecom Scholars Tell Gavin Newsom To Find His Spine from the this-is-why-we-can't-have-nice-things dept I recently noted how California’s being told by the Trump administration that it can’t en...
10.29.2026 Techdirt.com
While we’re often told that the past holds lessons for how to approach the present, we rarely look to older technologies for inspiration. Rarer still is it to suggest that the historical experiences o...
10.28.2026 Filmsforaction.org
Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig makes the case that our democracy has become corrupt with money, leading to inequality that means only 0. 02% of the United States population actually determines who'...
10.27.2026 Filmsforaction.org
